tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20283310.post6972252596974946139..comments2016-12-07T17:46:51.106-06:00Comments on On the Wine Trail in Italy: In the Silence of the DesertAlfonso Cevolahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16983431475848714789noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20283310.post-84245564242429406132008-01-12T12:01:00.000-06:002008-01-12T12:01:00.000-06:00TR... are you at all familiar with the use of metp...TR... are you at all familiar with the use of metphor in lryics and poetry, where, with few words, emotions and associations from one context are associated with objects and entities in a different context?<BR/><BR/>Like in San Jacinto, and in the classic metaphor from that short Texas poem of 2003: Mission Accomplished.BKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05484712220268611138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20283310.post-16310003134113433622008-01-09T22:16:00.000-06:002008-01-09T22:16:00.000-06:00Apache are a not a Californian people and Buffalo ...Apache are a not a Californian people and Buffalo didn't live in the California deserts or mountains around San Jacinto.<BR/><BR/>-TRAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20283310.post-55840227709224789532008-01-09T21:00:00.000-06:002008-01-09T21:00:00.000-06:00You are correct... good catch on a great post.Gabr...You are correct... good catch on a great post.<BR/><BR/>Gabriel explored the contrast between the now rich, plastic, moneyed world of Palm Springs and the Indian settlements on the other side of the San Jacinto Mtns. <BR/><BR/>Gabriel was apparently influenced by an Apache Indian whom he met, when there, who told him of local legends. The rest is in his lyrics.BKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05484712220268611138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20283310.post-25094792072230663862008-01-09T14:54:00.000-06:002008-01-09T14:54:00.000-06:00San Jacinto is awesome... I always wondered whethe...San Jacinto is awesome... I always wondered whether the Peter Gabriel song was inspired by the California San Jacinto or not... great post...dobianchihttp://dobianchi.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20283310.post-24638920785823142102008-01-09T07:48:00.000-06:002008-01-09T07:48:00.000-06:00Interesting dovetailing of the desert and wines. S...Interesting dovetailing of the desert and wines. So, your family comes from Piana degli Albanesi or nearby?<BR/>Thanks for telling me at Barbone what Lamuri means, while I was being an idiot and saying it was Lamaria or something equally stupid.Marconoreply@blogger.com